"The Importance of Our Choices"

“As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.” (Proverbs 11:19)
We tend to place an extraordinary amount of emphasis on the temporal; however, we forget that the spiritual (the eternal) is infinitely more important. A man that pursues evil now, will pursue evil for eternity. He will have eons to reflect on choices made and opportunities missed. Every transgression and act of disobedience will receive a just recompence of reward. (Hebrews 2:2) The righteousness man, on the other hand, shall receive the reward of inheritance: for he serves the Lord Jesus Christ. (Colossians 3:24)
There is great reward in this life and in the life to come for keeping God’s commands and living righteously. (Psalms 19:11) Nevertheless, a man doesn’t go to Hell for what he does, he goes to Hell for what he doesn’t do: namely, receiving Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Every single person on the earth has transgressed God’s law and fallen short of His glory. No man’s works or self-righteousness will get him into heaven. Only grace through faith in the shed blood and completed work of Jesus and receiving His righteousness in exchange for our own, will grant us access into God’s presence. One day, we will die and stand before a Holy God and answer the most important question in the universe: What have we done with His Son Jesus? Is He our Lord and Savior, or did we despise and reject Him? Our answer will determine our eternal fate.